Publish : 07 Nov 2021, 10:04 AMUpdate : 13 Feb 2022, 05:13 PM
A 45-year-old man died after being hit by a train in Dhaka early on Sunday.
The authorities identified him as Muhammad Ashraful Alam, deputy comptroller at Jahangirnagar University.
Rezaul Masum, an uncle of the deceased, said a train hit Ashraful while he was crossing a railway track near the Khilgaon level-crossing at around 10pm on Saturday, leaving him critically injured.
He was rushed to a local hospital and then shifted to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty pronounced him dead at 2am on Sunday, according to Sub-Inspector Ashraf of the Railway Police.
The accident took place as Ashraful was not alert to the dangers of incoming trains on the track, he remarked.
Train kills JU deputy comptroller in Dhaka
A 45-year-old man died after being hit by a train in Dhaka early on Sunday.
The authorities identified him as Muhammad Ashraful Alam, deputy comptroller at Jahangirnagar University.
Rezaul Masum, an uncle of the deceased, said a train hit Ashraful while he was crossing a railway track near the Khilgaon level-crossing at around 10pm on Saturday, leaving him critically injured.
He was rushed to a local hospital and then shifted to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty pronounced him dead at 2am on Sunday, according to Sub-Inspector Ashraf of the Railway Police.
The accident took place as Ashraful was not alert to the dangers of incoming trains on the track, he remarked.
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